Saswata Chatterjee
Born (1970-12-19) 19 December 1970[1]
Other namesApu[2]
OccupationActor
Years active1995 – present
SpouseMohua Chatterjee
Parent

Saswata Chatterjee (born 19 December 1970) is an Indian actor of television and films based in Kolkata. Born to actor Subhendu Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee began his career with a Hindi serial directed by Saibal Mitra, based on Samaresh Majumdar's Kaalpurush. He gained popularity by portraying the character of Topshe in a Feluda-based television series directed by Sandip Ray. His acting in many Bengali films has been praised by the critics, including his portrayal of a Ritwik Ghatak-inspired character in the 2013 film Meghe Dhaka Tara. He enjoyed success at the national level in Sujoy Ghosh's 2012 blockbuster Hindi film, Kahaani, where he played Bob Biswas, an assassin.

Personal life

Saswata Chatterjee was born on 19 December 1970 to Subhendu Chatterjee, a noted Bengali actor.[3] He lives in Kolkata and is married to Mohua, a teacher. They have a daughter together.[2]

Career

Chatterjee started his career with a Hindi serial directed by Saibal Mitra, based on Samaresh Majumdar's Kaalpurush.[4] and a Hindi serial Krishnakant Ka Vasiyatnama on Doordarshan based on Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay's novel Krishnakanter Will. Later, he acted in a television series directed by Sandip Ray, where he portrayed the character of Topshe, a sidekick of Feluda, the sleuth. After this television debut, his acting skills were appreciated and he gained popularity.[5]

Chatterjee's acting in several Bengali films were critically appreciated. Some of his notable appearances include Tiyasha, C/O Sir, Proloy (2013), Jekhane Bhuter Bhoy, Meghe Dhaka Tara, Bhooter Bhabishyat, Abar Bomkesh (Chitrachor), Rang Milanti, Byomkesh Bakshi (Adim Ripu), The Bong Connection, Abar Aranye. He worked in the blockbuster Hindi film, Kahaani (2012) directed by Sujoy Ghosh starring Vidya Balan. In that film, he played the role of a cold-blooded killer named Bob Biswas.[6] His role as Bob became so popular that Chatterjee describes it as:

Bob Biswas has most definitely exceeded the popularity of Kahaani. Poor Saswata has lost his identity. He is addressed as Bob wherever he goes.

Saswata Chaterjee on his role on Bob Biswas.[2]

The character went viral on Facebook and Twitter with thousands of followers. A graphic novel is in the making was also inspired from Bob's character.[7]

Meghe Dhaka Tara was released in 2013, a film inspired by the life and works of Bengali film director Ritwik Ghatak and also depicts the socio-political environment of contemporary West Bengal during the Tebhaga and Naxalite movements. In this movie, he played the lead character as Nilkantha Bagchi.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNote
1996Baksho RahashyaTopsheBengali
Gosaipur Sargaram (TV)TopsheBengali
Sheyal Debota Rahasya (TV)TopsheBengali
Bosepukure Khunkharapi (TV)TopsheBengali
Joto Kando Kathmandute (TV)TopsheBengali
1997NayantaraBengali
1998AtmajaBengali
1999Jahangirer Swarnamudra (TV)TopsheBengali
Ghurghutiyar Ghotona (TV)TopsheBengali
Golapi Mukto Rahashya (TV)TopsheBengali
Ambar Sen Antardhan Rahashya (TV)TopsheBengali
Tumi Ele TaiBengali
KhelagharBengali
2000Ek Akasher Niche (TV)AkashBengali
Dr. Munshir Diary (TV)TopsheBengali
Shesh ThikanaBengali
2002Aamar BhuvanNurBengali
2003Abar AranyeSaswata BanerjeeBengali
2004Tin Ekke TinTinkoriBengali
Aabar Asibo PhireBengali
2005Karkat Rashi (TV)ProfessorBengali
2006Teen Yaari KathaAnilBengali
DosarKaushik's younger brotherBengali
2007Shudhu Tomar JonyoBengali
The Bong ConnectionBhai-DaEnglish
2008Chalo Let's GoAsimBengali
2009Cross ConnectionSwapnil BasuBengali
Brake FailBengali
2010Byomkesh Bakshi (Adim Ripu)Ajit BandyopadhyayBengali
Gaaner OpareyBengali
2011Get2GetherBengali
Uro ChithiManishBengali
Gosainbaganer BhootBhelu DaktarBengali
Rang MilantiDeepjoy Mitra/Anupam GhatakBengali
The Forlorn (Short Film)Dr. Sambit ChaterjeeBengali
2012Goraay GondogolBengali
LaptopGauravBengali
Bhalobasha Off Route-eBengali
Nobel ChorHariBengali
KahaaniBob BiswasHindiHindi Debut
Abar Byomkesh (Chitrachor)Ajit BandyopadhyayBengali
Bhooter BhabishyatHathkata KartikBengali
Balukabela.comAdvocate Subimal DattaGuptaBengali
Jekhane Bhuter BhoyPratap SarkarBengali
2013AbortoBengali
Meghe Dhaka TaraNilkantha BagchiBengali
DamadolPapu BhaiBengali
Namte NamteRana BasuBengali
Aschorjo ProdipAnilabha Gupto / AnildaBengali
Goynar BakshoChandanBengali
ProloyAnimesh DuttaBengali
C/O SirJayabrata RayBengali
TiyashaSudiptoBengali
2014Bonku BabuBonku BabuBengali
Baari Tar BanglaRoopchand SenBengali
Byomkesh Phire Elo (Beni Sanghar)Ajit BandyopadhyayBengali
ChaarSanjib Chatterjee & Mriganka Shekhar MukherjeeBengali
2015 Ebar ShaborShabor DasguptaBengali
Natoker Moto - Like a Play PrasadBengali
89The Serial KillerBengali
Icchemotir GolpoNilBengali
KatmunduAiyoswamiBengali
RajkahiniMr. Prafulla SenBengali
Byomkesh Bakshi Ajit BandyopadhyayBengali
Monchuri Kartik Bengali
2016 Praktan Special Appearance Bengali
Hemanta Kalyan SenBengali
Eagoler Chokh Shabor DasguptaBengali
Byomkesh O Chiriyakhana Ajit BandyopadhyayBengali
Monchora Manmatho / Raima's BrotherBengali
Cholai Various Bengali
Bastav Kamal RakshitBengali
Double Feluda Surajit Dasgupta, Dharanidhar Samaddar Bengali
2017 Black Coffee Tirthoraj RoyBengali
Mickey & Mimi Mimi's FatherBengaliShort film on Addatimes[8]
Byomkesh O Agnibaan Ajit BandopadhyayBengali
Jagga Jasoos "Tutti Futti" aka "Badol Bagchi" / Jagga's FatherHindi
Dhimaner Dinkaal Dhiman DuttaBengaliWeb series on ALT Balaji
2018 Ray Bengali
Dwikhondito Koushik RoyBengali
Aschhe Abar Shabor Shabor DasguptaBengali
Hoichoi Unlimited Animesh ChakladarBengali
Good night city DCP ChatterjeeBengali
Shei Je Holud Pakhi Bengali Web Series
2019 Thai Curry -Bengali [9]
Network Abhijit GangulyBengali
Panther: Hindustan Meri Jaan SpyderBengali
Basu Poribar -Bengali
Tokhon Kuasa Chilo Bengali
Tarikh Bengali
The Parcel SouvikBengali
2020 Tiki-Taka -Bengali/Hindi ZEE5 Release
Sannyasi Deshonayok -Bengali Based on Gumnami Baba myth
Dil Bechara Mr. BasuHindi Hotstar
Chobiyal Bengali
Shironam Bengali
2021 Pratidwandi Bengali
Hiralal Bengali
Shei Je Holud Pakhi Season 2 Bengali Web Series
Habu Chandra Raja Gobu Chandra Montri Habuchandra RajaBengali
Shororipu 2: Jotugriho Bengali
Anusandhan Indra Bengali [10]
2022 Swastik Sanket Subhas Chandra Bose Bengali
8/12 Binay Badal Dinesh Bengali
Bad Boy Hindi
Dobaara Raja Ghosh Hindi
Dhaakad Handler Hindi
Tirandaj Shabor Shabor Dasgupta Bengali
Mahabharat Murders Bengali Web Series
Achena Uttam Uttam Kumar Bengali
Mahisasurmarddini Politician Bengali
2023 Rahsymoy Bengali
Kaantay Kaantay Prashanna Kumar Basu Bengali Web Series
Abar Proloy Animesh Dutta Bengali Web Series
The Night Manager BJ Hindi Web Series
Tooth Pari: When Love Bites David Hindi Web Series
Bad Boy Shubhankar Bannerjee Hindi
2024 Kalki 2898 AD TBA Telugu Debut in Telugu cinema
Metro...in dino Hindi
Jomaloy Jibonto Bhanu Bhanu Bandopadhyay Bengali

Awards

References

  1. TNN (19 December 2018). "Saswata Chatterjee is flooded with birthday wishes". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "Bob Biswas gets even bigger". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 22 June 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  3. "Bengali actor Subhendu Chatterjee dead". Indo-Asian News Service. 5 July 2007. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  4. "A Director's Actor". The Telegraph. 9 June 2011. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  5. Trans World Features (22 January 2008). "The legend of Feluda". Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
  6. Bose, Adrija (27 March 2012). "Bob Biswas : I even scared my wife". Firstpost. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  7. "Kahaani's Bob Biswas a rage on FB, Twitter". Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  8. "Addatimes – Watch Original Web Series & Bengali Short Film online". addatimes.com.
  9. Taran Adarsh [@taran_adarsh] (23 February 2019). "Soham Chakraborty, Hiraan Chatterjee, Rudranil Ghosh, Saswata Chatterjee, Trina Saha, Bidya Sinha Mim and Rachel White... First look poster of #Bengali film #ThaiCurry... Directed by Ankit Aditya... 1 March 2019 release... Distribution by SSR Cinemas P Ltd. https://t.co/RYtmWcacfe" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  10. Ruman Ganguly (2 September 2020). "Paayel and Saswata set to fly to London for Kamaleswar's film shoot". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  11. "Award 2022 - WBFJA: Welcome to the official website of West Bengal Film Journalists' Association".
  12. "International recognition for Saswata". The Times of India. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  13. "'Bhooter Bhabishyat' sweeps Anandalok Purashkar". News18. Saswata Mukherjee and Mumtaz Sircar also won the award for best supporting actors, male and female respectively. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  14. "Award Winners of First IISFF 2012". Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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